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Outdoor pool riots in Germany: why young people become violent

Again and again there are riots in outdoor pools – often triggered by young males. There are complex societal reasons behind this violence.

Bullying at the edge of the pool, sexual harassment of women or even fights: This is everyday life in some German outdoor pools, such as the Columbiabad in Berlin-Neukölln. The bathroom even had to close temporarily.

Where does the violence come from? And why are the police so powerless? Presenter Lisa Fritsch discusses this with t-online editor-in-chief Florian Harms and the head of our regional editorial offices in Berlin, Pascal Biedenweg, here in the podcast:

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It is also about the street fights in the Ruhr area a few weeks ago, in which Lebanese and Syrian clan members probably attacked each other. In the podcast we explain how the motives and structures are related to the violence in the outdoor pools and who is responsible for it.

Just click play and listen to the episode in the player here. You can listen to the podcast too listen here on Spotify.

New name, same content: The podcast “Daybreak at the weekend” is now called “Discussion material”. With this we want to better separate the morning news briefing, i.e. the “Daybreak” podcast, from the in-depth discussion at the weekend.